Care Quote by William Osler

“What [my patients] care about is my presence or absence as a human being. They gauge with unerring eye whether I am grounded enough…

— Gabor Maté

Speak tenderly; let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a…

— Mother Teresa

Whenever a great physician treats diseases, he has to be mentally calm and his disposition firm. He should not give way to wishes and…

— Sun Simiao

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.

— Marcel Proust

“Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to kindness and wisdom we make promises only; pain we obey.”

— Marcel Proust

“Am I not as much a doctor as they? I too have my patients; in the first place, theirs, whom they call sick; and…

— Victor Hugo

“But I will tell you another misery that is not to be denied. In the common, natural course of events physicians, surgeons and apothecaries…

— Patrick O'Brian

Within every patient there resides a doctor, and we as physicians are at our best when we we put our patients in touch with…

— Albert Schweitzer

Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.

— Hippocrates

“Be patient in affliction.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Gratitude is the great multiplier, so say thank you for your health every single day. Say thank you with all your heart for what…

— Nate

I make my patients feel like they're still part of life, part of some grand nutty scheme instead of alone with their diseases. With…

— Samuel Shem